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Quotes For Today: Hope

Linus: I guess it’s wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today. Charlie Brown: No, that’s giving up. I’m still hoping that yesterday will get better. All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; all spiritual pleasures, more in fruition than in expectation. Owen Feltham The real […]

“Feeling Or Faith?”

Read: Acts 16:25-34 He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. -1 John 5:10 Many people seem to think that it’s wrong to say we know we are bound for heaven. But the Bible tells us we can […]

“Does Your Roof Leak?”

Read: Psalm 66:8-16 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; …they shall not overflow you. -Isaiah 43:2 In a book written in 1696, I found these statements: “Sharp afflictions are to the soul as a soaking rain to the house. We know not there are such holes in the roof till […]

Temptation

NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries April 24 Satan’s Threefold Temptation For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world (1 John 2:16). You will be better […]

You Don’t Need To Fear Satan

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). When I was a boy on the farm, my dad, my brother and I would visit our neighbor’s farm to share produce and labor. The neighbor had a yappy little dog that scared the socks off me. When it came barking […]

Time

Just lately I seem to be pre-occupied with time. As one gets older, it is inevitable that you see your life on this earth as becoming shorter. So my pre-occupation is to value that time and to become aware that a gift of time, given or received, is most precious. And uppermost in my thoughts […]

Satan’s Voice

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1). Paul warned us against the deception which comes through demonic influence (1 Timothy 4:1). John also cautioned us to test the spirits and to distinguish […]

“Remember Cracker Jack?”

Read: Psalm 119:97-104 More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. -Psalm 19:10 I don’t know whether I’m going through a second childhood or what, but lately I’ve been craving a box of Cracker Jack. Do you know what I’m talking about – […]

Butt Prints In The Sand

One night I had a wonderous dream, One set of footprints there was seen, The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, “What have we here?” Those prints are large and round and neat, “But Lord, they are too […]

Sowing And Reaping

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap (Galatians 6:7). The Scriptures are full of warnings about self-deception. James 1:26 reminds us that we deceive ourselves when we think we are religious but do not bridle our tongue. There is nothing that grieves God more […]